Iran: Prayer for Iranian-Armenian pastor in prison

Iranian-Armenian pastor Anooshavan Avedian (61) is currently serving a 10-year prison sentence in Evin Prison, Tehran. He was arrested along with two Christian converts when around 30 intelligence agents raided a private Christian gathering in Narmak, North Tehran on...

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Algeria: Appeal hearing soon 

Algeria: Appeal hearing soon 

Pastor Youssef Ourahmane, vice-president of the EPA, and the church in Algeria request prayer for his scheduled 26 March 2024 appeal of his prison sentence and fine. On 27 November, 2023, Pastor Youssef was sentenced to one year in prison and  fined for 100.000 DZD...

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Türkiye: Worshipper shot dead by extremists

Türkiye: Worshipper shot dead by extremists

Church leaders request prayer after the killing of Tuncer Cihan by two extremists at Santa Maria Catholic Church in Büyükdere, Istanbul. On Sunday 28 January at around 11:40 a.m., two masked gunmen entered Santa Maria church during mass  At first firing shots into the...

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